Archive for the 'Durban' Tag Under 'Orange Punch' Category

For a moment there, China looked willing. But no dice: it won't sacrifice its economic well-being for global warming alarmism. What a shock.

The pep rally for global warming alarmism in South Africa is turning into a gaggle of party poopers. This news from USA Today should warm the hearts of all of us who aren't particularly warmed by the climate, which hasn't seen temperatures rise significantly for about 15 years.

The European Union is championing a deal to get all major countries to agree to binding pollution targets in the future as its condition for renewing its commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. It wants an agreement now to begin negotiations on a new all-encompassing treaty that would conclude by 2015 and take effect five years later.

... The linchpins of such a deal are China and the United States — and both set hard conditions.

During the first week of the conference, attention honed in on China, and whether it was signaling new flexibility or reframing known positions.

Every year at this time we have sooooo much good stuff to pass on, it's as if Christmas comes early. Good stuff = the stuff that exposes global warming alarmism for what it is - alarmism to scare your money into someone else's pocket.

Three items bubble to the top today:

BOUNCE SUNLIGHT BACK INTO SPACE? - The Washington Post reports on fanciful schemes being kicked around by warmists to combat the warming that hasn't taken place for about 13 years:

"Brighten clouds with sea water? Spray aerosols high in the stratosphere? Paint roofs white and plant light-colored crops? How about positioning 'sun shades' over the Earth?"